Dec 10, 2005

“Cow” by Matt Dixon “This image was painted in Adobe Photoshop. I’m often asked about my brushes and painting technique; I hope the steps below go some way to explain how I approach a painting. I use my own custom brushes, but there’s nothing particularly unusual or clever about them – most of the painting is done with...

Dec 8, 2005

“How to compose shadows provided by a HDRI lighting” by Gerardo Estrada This tutorial assumes you have acquired your light-probe in location and you have already made your HDR map. One thing we need to keep in mind when we are integrating CG elements with live action plates is that a shadow provided by a HDRI lighting is not a shadow properly, is a...

Dec 7, 2005

“Queen ” by Lorenzo di Mauro A few month ago, Kevin Eastman, owner and publisher of Heavy Metal Magazine, asked me to do some sketches for a cover. Obviously I was so honored and thrilled for this! Many ideas were milling around in my mind and I was looking for enough image reference. Among the sketches I submitted to him, he chose the one that...

Nov 30, 2005

“Alien World” by Monsit Jangariyawong I begin to brainstorm by start sketch everything in my head about the briefat this point , I have 2 approach to the image, 1. realistic rendering and highdetail 3d scene and 2. the graphic abstract element , the first approach require more time and hardware power ,but the result will be easy to the audience to...

Nov 29, 2005

“Dark Asassin ” by Monsit Jangariyawong Dark assasin is the special agent that work in the cold war of universe, he has ability to sneak in to the enemy base and complete the objective , but this new mission is not easy as he thought , now it’s time to test his close combat fighting , fight for the universe!! I begin with pen and paper , I...